Word: familiarity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...entire camp here is running on standard time, getting up at 7 o'clock. An effort is being made to hold the practice at the same time of day as the Blue race will be held, in order that the men may be thoroughly familiar with the weather conditions before the race. This morning, there was no morning row because of the fact that the float was not in position and low tide prevented moving it until the afternoon. The University eight went for a two-mile spin this afternoon, however, going to the submarine base and back. The Freshman...
...Before laying the stone, the King said in the course of a speech: "I have been impressed, as everyone must be, by the extraordinary and romantic history of Lloyd's and by its evolution from an ordinary 17th Century coffee house to a great public and international institution familiar to us all. Cromwell said: 'No one rises so high as he who does not know whither he is going,' and this has held good in our organizations as well...
...curious reader (I use the singular advisedly), are thoroughly familiar with the external aspects of your college. With the exception of the Geology Museum there is no building on your campus into which the inquisitive Freshman has not poked his eager nose by the first of October. You know every hole in the sidewalks of Spring Street. You call the open-handed shopkeepers by their first names. You say, "Hi, Toughey!" to every one you pass on the street. You know all the professors at least by name. You have definite places to eat your meals...
...Familiar Landmarks Unfamiliar...
...looked about and saw many familiar faces, heard snatches of old familiar stories. The conversation was general, but occasionally a voice would rise above the buzz of chatter...